At the beginning of a new week, here’s a reminder to put your thinking cap on! Whatsoever things are true, Whatsoever things are honest, Whatsoever things are just, Whatsoever things are pure, Whatsoever things are lovely, Whatsoever things are of a good report, If there be any virtue, And if…
“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health in the bones” (Proverbs 16:24). Often I hear people say they don’t understand the Bible. When asked if they’ve read it, the answer is, “No.” Understanding comes by reading the Word. I don’t know how to exist without…
“Never” was a favorite word used by my children. They often used it to put a guilt trip on me. “Mom, you never take us…” The word “never” means not ever; at no time. Not at all; absolutely not; to no extent or degree. Obviously, my kids didn’t know what…
“You make known to me the path of life: in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11 KJV). I have an app on my cell phone that tells me the number of steps I have taken daily. Sometimes I fall short…
“Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in, the night his song shall be with me, an my prayer unto the God of my life.” (Psalm 42:8 KJV) The medical world has picked up on something that God has used for a long time; it’s called…
“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise in the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)…
God, who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list? “Walk straight, act right, tell the truth. (Psalm 15:1-2, The Message) God never promised that our walk with Him would be easy. He also did not tell us that everything would be unbearably…
“Take your son, your only son-yes, Isaac, whom you love so much-and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you” (Genesis 22:2 from the New Living Translation) Abraham and Sarah were desperate for a…
So brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him, which is the spiritual way for you to worship. (Romans 12:1, NCV) Have you ever…